Hikers thwart bizarre suicide bid

Hikers thwart bizarre suicide bid

Vancouver Sun

Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007

A party of hikers searching for a lost dog on the North Shore thwarted a bizarre suicide attempt when they came across a man who tried to kill himself by chaining himself to a tree.

In a written release, the West Vancouver Police Department said the hiking party heard the man calling for help yesterday from his location in a remote forested area of Cypress Bowl Road.

They couldn't reach him but were able to understand his story, the release states.

He told them he had gone to the area six days ago to commit suicide by chaining himself to a tree.

Police and fire department with the help of a helicopter rescued the man who was taken to hospital and is expected to survive.